Cash indicator and recorder



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W. T. MoGRAW.

GASH INDICATOR AND REGORDER.

No. 482,132. Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

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CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

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WVILLIAM T. MOGRAIV, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,132, datedSeptember 6, 1892.

Application filed May 14, 1892. Serial No. 432,992. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM T. McGRAw,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of WVayne,State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inGash-Recorders; I and declare the followingto be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cash-recorders, and has for its object asimpleand compact form of recorder, in which the amount of purchase made by acustomer may be indicated by throwing into view a tablet upon whichisimprinted a figure or figures representing the amount of the purchase.At the same time that the tablet is thrown into view an imprint of theamount shown by the tablet is made upon a moving strip of paper thatremains permanently Within the casing of the register. At a subsequentoperation the tablet that has been exposed to view is thrown back out ofsight, the m oney-drawer is opened, permitting the operator to haveaccess to its contents, the roll of paper upon which the amount is to beprinted is advanced, and the machine is ready for a second operation.

It is designed in this cash-recorder to perform the operations ofthrowing the tablet into view at a time when the money-drawer is openand to then close the money-drawer and leave it closed with the tabletelevated in a position to be seen until a succeeding operation is to beperformed.

I employ a tablet which is hung upon a journal and adapted to swing froma horizontal to a vertical position when the tablet itself is broughtfrom its position of concealment to a position of sight, and I employ atablet so counterweighted that it will remain comparatively stable inits position either of concealment or of sight, the counter-weight beingslightly heavier than the tablet itself, so as to tend to keep thetablet stable in its position of sight, and the balance be aided whenthe tablet is in its position of concealment by a slight holding-springthat overcomes the slight preponderance of weight in the counter-weight.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a sectional elevation from front to rearof my cash-register, showing the operative parts of a single key andsingle tablet and the mechanism that opens the drawer and returns theparts to position. Fig. 2 is a perspective from the front with the caseremoved to permit a full view of the interior working parts. Fig. 3 isan enlarged detail of the ribbon moving mechanism employed in connectionwith the printing-wheels.

Arepresents the case; B, a vertical key provided at its upper extremitywith the fingerpiece I) and at its lower extremity with animpression-type Z). It is supported in place by the portion of theframework through whiclrit passes and by the horizontal framepieces CLand a. Normally it is held up bya spring S, against the tension of whichit can be pushed down by the finger of the operator against the ribbon Rand the record-paper I under the ribbon R.

A lever L L is journaled upon the shaft Z, that passes from side to sideof the framework A. The front end L of the lever engages by a slidingjoint with the stern B of the key B. The rear end L of the lever eugagesby a sliding joint with a vertically-movable rod 0. Thevertically-movable rod 0 passes through openings in the frame-pieces a aand is furnished with stop-pinss and s, which prevent it from eitherdropping too far down or rising too far up, limiting its throw in eitherdirection. Above the bank of keys B the case of the register rises to aninspection-slot I, and below the inspection-slot I is a rod or journalJ, passing across the casing from side to side. Upon the journal J ishung the tablet-lever 'l T of which the end T is provided with a tablett and the end T with a counter-weight t. The counter-weight t slightlyoverbalances the tablet t and serves to lift and hold the tablet t to aposition behind the inspection-slot I as soon as the operator hasdepressed the key B, lifted the rod 0, and forced the tablet tout ofholding engagement with the holding-spring II.

The holding-spring II is secured to the rod 0 and is curved upward andbackward from the rod. It is furnished with a bent part that serves as astop to prevent the tablet t from dropping below the horizontal and withanother iucurved part above the stop part that permits the tablet T tobe dropped downward against the stop h, but holds it from returning ofits own accord to a vertical position. F is a rod passingacross theregister and supported upon armsf, thatarejournaledupon the journal J.The rod Flies below and behind the tablet-levers T T and is connected bya link F with the drawer-openinglever D. The link 1 engages at its lowerend with the inner end of the readjusting-lever D. Then the end D ofthereadjusting-leverD is depressed, the link F is raised, the cross-barF thrown forward against the stem of anyof the tablet-rods that may atthe time be vertical, and they are thrown to their horizontal positionand caught by the spring ll. At the same time a hanger d, joined to thereadjusting-lever D by a rule-joint, is raised from in front of a catchK on the drawer and the drawer is immediately thrown open by the springV. The depending hanger (1 forms the bolt that serves to lock the drawerin its closed position. The rulejoint (1' permits the bolt part of thehanger to 2 5 swing over the catch K as the drawer is closed, butprevents it from swinging in the opposite direction, and thus permittingthe drawer to open. The readjusting-lever D is journaled or fulcrumed onthe axis of the paper-roll P, 0 and when the end D of the lever D is depressed a pawl 19, mounted on the readjusting-lever D and in engagementwith a ratchetwheel on the end of the paper-roll, serves to advance thepaper-roll one or more teeth of 5 the ratchet-wheel. At the same time apawl 19, mounted on a standard 19 and in engagement with aratchet-Wheelon the ribbon-roller R, serves to advance the ribbon across the machine.The ribbon itself is a long strip of ribbon that passes across theregister above a platen-roller R which is supported on suitable hangersr. The paper P is fed from a spool P in the rear of the machine.

In operation thepartD of the readjusting- 5 lever D is depressed and thedrawer opened. The tablets are by this movement all thrown down to theirconcealed position, if any had been at the point of inspection. The webof paper is by the same movement advanced to present a fresh surface forthe imprint thereon of the amount about to be shown by the tablets. Thedrawer may now be left open or may be closed, as may be desired. Theoperator next depresses the key or keys provided with 5 the figure orfigures which he wishes to have appear at the point of inspection. Thedepression of the key at once throws up the rod 0 and the tablets, whichwill show the desired figures and imprints on the web of paper, thefigures corresponding to the figures shown by the tablets. The partswill now remain in the position that they have now taken until thereadjusting-lever is again moved, throwing open the drawer and throwingdown the tablets, moving forward the paper for a new impression, andmoving forward the ribbon,

so as to present a freshly-inked portion under the type end of the key.

What I claim is 1. In a cash-register, the combination of a swingingcounterweighted tablet rod, an actuating-key, and a lever actuated bysaidkey and actuating said tablet-rod and adapted to turn saidtablet-rod from a horizontal to a vertical position, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, a vertically-moving rod, and a spring secured to saidvertically-moving rod and adapted to receive the end of said tablet-rodin holding engagement when the tablet-rod is in a vertical position andto release said tablet-rod from ongagement with said spring as thelast-mentioned rod rises vertically, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

3. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, a lifting-rod adapted to raise the tablet end of saidtablet-rod from a horizontal position, and a spring secured to saidlifting-rod adapted to hold the tablet end of said tablet-rod when in ahorizontal position and to move out of engagement therewith as saidlifting-rod rises, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, a readjusting-bar swinging from the journal upon which saidtablet-rod turns, and an actuatingkey adapted to turn said readjusting-rod, and thereby throw said tablet-rod from a vertical to ahorizontal position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, a liftin g-bar provided with a holding-spring, a readjlisting-bar, an actuating-key adapted to operate said liftingbar, and anactuatinglever adapted to operate said readjustingbar, substantially asand for the purpose described.

6. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, a lift ing-bar, and an actuating-key, and an impression-typeformed integral with the stem of said key adapted to produce animpression upon a web of paper beneath it, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

7. In a cash-register, the combination of an inclosing case, a draweradapted to move in and out of said case, a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, a key, and intermediate mechanism adapted to swing saidtablet-rod, a readjusting-lever, also adapted to swing said tablet-rod,a pair of paper-rolls, mechanism connected with said readjusting-leveradapted to move forward the paper from one of said rolls to the other,and a printing-type formed integral with the stem of the tabletactuatingkeys and adapted to print characters upon the web of paper,substantially as and for the purpose described.

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8. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweightedtablet-rod, an actuating-key adapted to lift the said counter- Weightedtablet-rod to a position of inspec- 5 tion, a readjusting-lever adaptedto return said tablet-rod from a position of inspection to a position ofconcealment, anda locking-bolt actuated by said readj usting-lever andadapted to be lifted out of looking engagement with to a catch on thedrawer of said cash-register cotemporaneously With its readjustingmovement, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twoWitnesses.

i WILLIABII T. MoGRAW. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, MARION A. REEVE.

